20 Saturday Sep 2014
Last Week’s FFF: Isolation Part 2
The processor in my head sputtered as the I reeled from the old man’s whack. Whatever I thought I had remembered was gone now. Worse, my equilibrium betrayed me, and I stumbled. I stepped back, hard. Hard enough to produce an muffled clank. This room was metal beneath the carpet.
“Do you know who I am?” the old man asked again. Continue reading
02 Monday Jun 2014
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destiny, die, fantasy, fight, future, guard, guards, heirophant, lion, novel, read, robot, run, serial, steam-punk, story, tarot, weekly
Last Week’s SS – Intruders
Indecision overwhelmed my senses, and I could do nothing more then sneak another look into the room. The man across from Victoria had his back to her and the guards. He was inspecting our mantel. Without turning, he spoke. His voice was deep, but he spoke with a smooth, even tone.
“Did you find the girl?” he asked.
“She wasn’t in her room,” one of his men replied.
“Where is she?” he asked.
“I don’t know, sir.”
“I wasn’t talking to you. I was talking to the Hierophant, if that is your real card. Where is the child?”
“I don’t know about any child,” she said. Continue reading
26 Monday May 2014
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fiction, fight, intruder, intruders, lion, mechanical, periodical, robot, run, serial, steam-punk, story, sunday, tarot, weekly
Last SS – Rebellion
The bed groaned in protest as my lion twitched in his sleep. I had abandoned the notion that robots couldn’t dream many years ago. What he dreamed of, I didn’t know. Perhaps he chased robot bunnies. I’ve heard that dogs dream of real ones. Though, I’ve never seen a dog outside of books, let alone seen one sleep.
My lion’s steam powered body was warm against my skin. Not enough to burn, his golden casing didn’t conduct the heat efficiently. Still, on chilly nights, like this one, I would call him onto the bed.
Suddenly he jumped up, stared at the door, and issued a low, mechanical growl. His eyes glowed red. Continue reading
28 Monday Apr 2014
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birthday, destiny, fiction, lion, machine, robot, robotic animal, serial, story, training, weekly
Last Week’s SS: Lonely No More
“Do you like him?” Victoria asked.
I turned to the doorway and saw her standing there. I hadn’t heard her come in. I’d later learn from that momentary lack of vigilance. But in that moment, I was too elated to have my new lion friend. I smiled wide, then ran to her, wrapped my arms tight around, and hugged. She gave me a gentle pat on the head. Continue reading
11 Friday Apr 2014
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apocalypse, clone, cloning, Dinosaur, fiction, flash, flash fiction, flash fiction friday, kaiju, monsters, read, robot, short story, soldier, zombie, zombies
Last Week’s FFF: Celestials
Daren looked around at the wasteland that used to be his neighborhood. Destruction had consumed the cul-de-sac. The smoldering remains of homes still billowed smoke into the sky. He turned to look at the plot of land where his two-story home sat just yesterday. Now it was an unrecognizable pile of debris.
He walked over to the rubble. He could feel the warmth from the burnt out brick and wood under his feet. He kicked about the shattered pieces of his life, looking for any evidence that he had once lived here. That he had lived at all. Continue reading
Angela Cavanaugh 